buculae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →bucula, buculae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
heifer, young cow;; little cheek; mouth/cheek-piece of a helmet; part of a machine/catapult channel;
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- P
Ecloga VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...fessa iuuencum per nemora atque altos quaerendo bucula lucos, propter aquae riuom, uiridi procumbit in ulua perdita..." - P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...neque oves haedique petulci floribus insultent aut errans bucula campo decutiat rorem et surgentes atterat herbas. Absint..." - P
Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...illum surgentem uallibus imis aeriae fugere grues, aut bucula caelum suspiciens patulis captauit naribus auras, aut arguta lacus..."